Neck Collection

Suffragette Cat Scratch and Fight Police. Cat with Votes for Women sign around its neck proclaims, I m a catty suffragette, I scratch and fight the P lice, so long as they withhold the vote

Hannibal / Naples Bust
HANNIBAL Carthaginian general, famous for his crossing of the Alps

David Bryant with Pipe
David Bryant, CBE, bowls legend; a trout-fishing, pipe- smoking man of Somerset who is regarded as the greatest player in the history of the sport

Queen Mary of Teck (1867 - 1953), consort to King George V of Britain. Wearing high diamond neck choker and tiara Date: 1935

1920S Pair in Bar
A louche couple sip cocktails in a fashionable bar; he dons a blue suit, she wears a coat with a fur neck and cuffs, but precious little else

Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus
Watercolour painting by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, (1809-1889). These marine reptiles live in Europe duing the early Jurassic period about 200 millions years ago

Dressmakers workshop
Staff in the workroom of a dressmaker or outfitter. Clothes in various stages of completion are on dummies. The employees (all female apart from a solitary man with a tape measure around his neck)

No Fear
A curmudgeonly workman, balanced precariously on a chimney, looks at an aircraft during World War I and mutters, " Blowed if I d risk my bloomin neck"

Birthday Greetings postcard - A family of Cats at home, sitting and playing around the fire. Date: circa 1922

Extinct marine reptiles
Sheet 1 of a series of posters called Extinct Animals by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862. This collection of marine reptiles lived during the Jurassic period between 200

Cygnus atratus, black swan
Watercolour 351 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection

Phoeniconaias minor, lesser flamingo
Pencil and watercolour drawing by Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (1918) from his African birds sketchbook

The Zulu war. Scene of the Battle of Isandula (Isandhlwana)
After the Battle of Isadhlwana. A description by Lieutenant Crealock reads, Day waned and the night hung over the hill, when we reached the last ridge, beyond which lay what had been our camp

In the service of the King - Scouts and Guides
In the service of the King - A saluting Scout and a Girl Guide, pulling back the Union Flag in patriotic pose. Date: circa 1910

Phoenicopterus ruber, greater flamingo
Plate 431 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, Duchess of Marlborough
Portrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough

International baking powder. Manufactured by Queen City Chemical Co. Buffalo, N.Y. Advertisement for International brand baking powder, showing a cat awakened by bread rising. Date c1885

Poster against American capitalism, showing a man in a stranglehold, with a stars and stripes design on the aggressors sleeve. 1944

Britannia and Eve magazine, October 1940
Front cover illustration featuring a 1940s blonde beauty, wearing a halter-neck red and white top, along with gold hoop earrings, and necklace

Manning (Photo 1890)
HENRY EDWARD MANNING cardinal, wearing his ecclesiastical robes with lots of lace, and a crucifix suspended from his neck

Mariner, Watersnakes
The Mariner, the dead albatross slung round his neck, watches the sea snakes and blesses them as living things in his desolate world

The Victoria Falls, by Thomas Baines
The Victoria Falls from the Narrow Neck near the Eastern Headland of the Outlet, by Thomas Baines(1820-1875). Date: circa 1860s

Kenneth Kendall with teddy bears
Kenneth Kendall (1924-2012), British broadcaster. He worked for many years as a newsreader for the BBC and other channels, and also hosted the game show Treasure Hunt for Channel 4 (1982-1989)

Pierrot clown
Man in fancy dress wearing a pierrot clown outfit with white face soft pointed hat, green neck ruff and pom-poms to the feet

Kenneth Kendall (b 1924), retired British broadcaster. He worked for many years as a newsreader for the BBC and other channels, and also hosted the game show Treasure Hunt for Channel 4 (1982-1989)

Female Type / Long Neck
Art deco style womans face, with long neck and slender fingers

Evening Dress 1922
Sleeveless, slash neck Chinese or orientally inspired black dress by Worth with red tassel detail which with the horizontal & vertical drapery draws attention to the hips

Liebig Horse Racing 5
One horse balks at the last fnce, but the leaders are neck-and-neck

Anatomy of the nervous system in the heart, neck and arm. Lithograph by C. Schach from Lorenz Okens Universal Natural History, Allgemeine Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande, Stuttgart, 1839

Viola da gamba or bass viol with carved ivory head and neck.. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J

Shame Flute - German punishment for being a poor musician
A Shame Flute ( Schand Flote ) - German punishment for being a poor musician - you had to face the public wearing (around the neck) a heavy iron flute

RAMBLERS, 1960S
Which way? Ramblers study a map on the Clent Hills, Worcestershire, England. Date: early 1960s

Three daytime outfits by Drecoll, Poiret and Jenny
Three women in the latest day wear. On the left, a black scoop neck dress with large red rose to the side, by Drecoll. In the middle, a white, red and black print dress and black coat

Pyrenean Woman force-feeding a goose in order to fatten up the liver of the bird for making foie gras pate. Date: circa 1910s

Britannia and Eve magazine, August 1937
Front cover illustration featuring a heavily made-up woman, wearing a nautical style hat and neck-tie, gazing seductively out towards the viewer with huge red lips

Woman reclining on couch
A rather annoyed looking young woman reclines on a couch, deep in thought

The Tatler Summer Number front cover 1932
Jolly front cover design for the Tatlers Summer Number featuring two cheery beach belles wearing fashionable pyjama suits. One smokes a cigarette while the other grins under a wide brimmed sun hat

Race Going Couple
A bright orange tunic dress with a narrow hobble skirt, sleeves with volans, a V neck bodice & pannier or polonaise over-skirt & a soft brimless hat with a plume

Garden Party Frock 1913
Garden party dress by Redfern: tubular style tunic dress with batea (boat) neck, hobble skirt & ornamented with lace & tassels. Hat: flat crown, wide brim, large black bow

WOLFMAN 1493
A wolfman - human below the neck, but a wolf above it

Apples Label

Display of cattle at annual County Show, Devon
Display of cattle, led by handlers, at the annual County Show, Devon. Date: 1960s

Two women in the latest French fashions, sitting on a garden bench. On the left is a pink dress with lace trimming below the neck

Poster advertising Cooks Pure Toilet Soaps. Ed. Cook Ltd, East London

Tatler front-cover: The Duchess of Leinster
The new Duchess of Leinster, having married the Duke of Leinster at the Savoy Chapel on 1st December 1932. She was previously Mrs Clare Van Neck, daughter of Mr and Mrs J. H

Serving Le 5 Oclock
Low waisted dress with sleeves that are full from the elbow & with a tight cuff, a V neck with a scarf tie, tiered skirt & a scarf belt threaded through belt straps on the hip

Mistinguett / Leopard
MISTINGUETT (Jeanne Bourgeois) French actress and dancer with a leopard wrapped around her neck - just for decoration, you understand

Hands-Free Telephone Set
A telephone receptionist (possibly working for the emergency services) uses a rather cumbersome hands-free telephone, worn around the neck

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